Solved NIC#1198 - Graduate M8F McLaren homage

[nicanary]

Please tell me what this car is called and what car formed the basis (reputedly) ?

[nicanary]

Experts?

[ValkyrieGT]

1972 Graduate M8F replica by Phil Verwoert of Australia 351 Cleveland powered. Cooper T 53 chassis based.

[ValkyrieGT]

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[ValkyrieGT]

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[nicanary]

Thanks for the PM. Somehow I missed your post yesterday.

You're absolutely right and the point is yours. The history of this car is pretty complicated - it started out as a Cooper T53 left behind after the regular Tasman Championship and was gradually modernised and rebodied by Stan Starcevich and then Don O'Sullivan, called at various times a Cooper-Ford, the SS111 and then The Graduate when it was bodied as a homage to CanAm McLarens. It's powered by a Ford V8 rather than a Chevy  and I doubt much of the old Cooper remains in the present car.

[ValkyrieGT]

Thanks for the point. https://fr-fr.facebook.com/Lloydsauctions/videos/closing-tomorrow-from-12pm/1851339614910246/